len()

[Steve Holden]

Andreas Waldenburger wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 07:54:13 -0500 Pat <Pat at junk.net> wrote:
> 
>> Terry Reedy wrote:
>>> Pat wrote:
>>>> Andreas Waldenburger wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:27:02 -0500 Pat <Pat at junk.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Tobiah wrote:
>>>>>>> Just out of curiosity, why was len() made to
>>>>>>> be it's own function?  I often find myself
>>>>>>> typing things like my_list.len before I
>>>>>>> catch myself.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Toby
>>>>>> I'm surprised that no one responded to that question.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Huh? Gabriel Genellina replied about 46 minutes after it was
>>>>> posted. Might it be that your newsserver is a bit laggy?
>>>>>
>>>>> regards
>>>>> /W
>>>>>
>>>> Might be laggy.  Who knows.
>>>>
>>>> Why didn't you answer the len() question?
>>> I didn't respond because it has been asked and answered before, so
>>> the answer can be found in the google archives or even maybe the
>>> FAQ.
>> Yes, you did respond.  Aren't you the one who wrote "Might be laggy"?
>>
> No, I am. Pretty clear from the "From" header. ;)
> 
> 
>> If you didn't feel like answering the question, why did you add an 
>> utterly worthless post?
>>
> There, there. Let's not get too excited, OK? I made an observation that
> I felt might be beneficial to you (even if only marginally so). I did
> not mean it as an insult. I'm sorry if it seemed that way.

Right, well let's *all* calm down, and resolve not to bother making
posts that don't contribute something positive. It's not like this is a
low-bandwidth group, there's always plenty going on.

regards
 Steve

who is still hoping that one day Xah Lee will post and *nobody* will
reply ...
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